Betty Adams is a general assignment reporter who’s lived in Augusta for the past 35 years and been working for the Kennebec Journal for more than two decades. She covers the courts plus the towns of Belgrade, Fayette and Readfield. As adjunct instructor Elizabeth Adams, she teaches writing courses, including journalism, at the University of Maine at Augusta. In her spare time, when she’s not playing with the grandchildren, bicycling on the rail trail, snowshoeing or cross-country skiing, she likes to travel both in the United States and abroad via cruise ship and occasionally on the back of a motorcycle. She is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University and earned a master’s of journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
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PublishedJune 28, 2018
DNA links man to Oakland pharmacy robbery 11 years later
The attorney for Michael Algiere says the defense is challenging the government’s extension of the statute of limitations for the 2007 robbery.
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PublishedJune 25, 2018
Riverview social worker who alleged retaliation settles lawsuit
Jennifer Taghavidinani has released all of her claims against the state in exchange for $55,000.
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PublishedJune 23, 2018
Hallowell festival brings LGBTQ issues to public’s attention
The inaugural three-day event with activities around town ends Sunday.
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PublishedJune 21, 2018
Readfield woman who shot husband, says she still loves him, gets 5 years
Sally Ann Earl-Costello says she was suffering from depression and was drunk a year ago when she shot her husband, Hugh Costello. He says he has forgiven her and still loves her, too.
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PublishedJune 18, 2018
Land donation prompts plan for new village park in Belgrade
Lynn and Phyllis Matson of Rome are expected to outline their ‘Belgrade Village Green’ project for which they donated land and will fund development costs.
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PublishedJune 14, 2018
High court hears appeal of convicted child molester from Oakland
An attorney is seeking a new trial for Sarah Conway, convicted of assaulting a sleeping boy, 3, in Oakland, on the grounds that jurors received confusing instructions about “duress” the woman suffered then.
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PublishedJune 7, 2018
Man who dismembered father granted time outside Riverview
Leroy Smith III, found not criminally responsible in the 2014 killing, has been permitted closely supervised time in the community.
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PublishedJune 6, 2018
Child endangerment charge against father of toddler rescued from Kennebec River dismissed
Christopher Norwood, of Augusta, successfully completed a yearlong deferred disposition in the criminal case, which required him to complete a parenting course.
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PublishedJune 6, 2018
Woman arrested in Augusta on New York murder charge
Yashonia M. Davis is accused in the death of Abraham Caraballo.
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PublishedJune 4, 2018
‘Major drug dealer ‘ sentenced to 70 months in prison
Toni Juliano, 30, of Canaan was arrested in 2017 after police seized heroin, fentanyl and cocaine.
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